Some Great Online Resources for Counseling and Allied Areas

Government Websites

National Institute of Mental Health




https://www.nimh.nih.gov

I mentioned National Institute of Mental health in my last blog entry, but this resource bears repeating. Their tagline, “Transforming the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses,” says a lot. It is the lead federal agency for research on mental disorders and promotes a prevention-based outlook.

Go here for - continuing education, research news on science and mental health, informational reference pages, statistics. You can also learn about their many research areas and funding opportunities as well as how to join a study.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration



https://www.samhsa.gov/

“The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities.” ( from samhsa.gov/about)

Go here for - Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (NREPP), treatment options and locators, data on the intersection of substance abuse and mental health, access to training and technical assistance, condition or issue-specific publications and toolkits. There is also a directory of topics pages on wide range of topics such as Recovery and Recovery Support, Suicide Prevention and Wellness. Also, it contains extensive consumer help information and treatment information for substance use disorders.

Magazines




The Institute for the Advancement of Behavioral Healthcare is a leading provider of learning resources for employees of behavioral health organizations.

“The Institute continuously engages more than 190,000 professionals, including front-line clinicians and private-practice therapists; nurses, physicians, and other medical professionals; and executive-level decision makers at a wide range of for-profit, not-for-profit, public, and private mental health and substance use treatment organizations.” (from https://www.iadvancebehavioralhealthcare.com/about-us)

The Institute runs two informative websites in addition to two popular magazines. I’ve outlined them below:

Behavioral Healthcare Executive

https://www.behavioral.net/

Topics include: technology news, trends in business strategy, treatment, policy and management topics

Go here for – magazine archives, continuing education, events, white papers, and other learning resources, leading information on the administrative perspective of behavioral health organizations
Addiction Professional

https://www.addictionpro.com/

Topics include: 12-Step Treatment, Clinical Challenges, Evidence-Based Practices, Integrated Care, Process Addictions, Special Populations

Go here for – magazine archives, continuing education, events, white papers, and other learning resources, leading information on treatment and recovery for practitioners

Counselor Magazine


http://www.counselormagazine.com

Go here for – following topics for addiction and behavioral health professionals, a selection of feature articles (subscription is required for all), affordable continuing education, discounted popular psychology books, and thought-provoking blog pieces

Associations

American Psychiatric Association



https://www.psychiatry.org

The American Psychiatric Association promotes the best interests of those receiving or delivering psychiatric services.

Go here for – their Advocacy Action Center (both state and federal level), timely news and blogs, information on cultural competence in service delivery, meetings and events, APA's Library and Archives (includes position statements, practice guidelines ) PsychPRO: APA’s Mental Health Registry (free for members). For the consumer, the APA curates information-rich, action oriented topic pages around many disorders. See example.

American Psychological Association


 http://www.apa.org/

"APA is the leading scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States, with more than 115,700 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students as its members." (http://www.apa.org/about/index.aspx

Go here for – Highlights in Psychological Research (free journal articles), general information on a host of psychology topics, consumer resources for psychological issues, essential reading for psychologists, news alerts, and job boards. They also provide information about their several subscription databases, many additional learning resources for members

National Alliance on Mental Illness



https://www.nami.org

NAMI is the largest grassroots organization dedicated to mental illness education and advocacy.

Go here for – public policy reports, research reports , resource guides (consumer), factsheets and statistics , opportunities to take action in advocacy issues, information on common mental health conditions. The NAMI Advocate magazine and NAMI Discussion Groups are a members-only benefit.

Databases

Psych Central




https://psychcentral.com

Psych Central is the oldest independent website/online information resource for supporting the mental health consumer. It may also provide tools for counselors or practitioners.

Go here for – consumer-oriented reference information aka. The encyclopedia, online support groups, psychology news, mental health Podcasts, and job boards

PubMed


https://www.pubmed.gov

"PubMed comprises more than 28 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites." (from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/) This site is a research tool. Ask A Librarian if you need help searching the site and/or creating search alerts.

Go here for – Scholarly articles.

Other

Zur Institute




https://www.zurinstitute.com

“Our goal at the Zur Institute is to provide quality and unique continuing education to psychotherapists, marriage and family therapists (MFTs), counselor, social workers (SWs) and other health-care professionals.” (from https://www.zurinstitute.com/aboutzurinstitute.html)

Go here for – continuing education (comprehensive course catalog ranging on topics like telemental health, risk management, ethics, HIPAA, tools for private practice in psychotherapy. Note: there is not much for free here any more

Our Counseling LibGuide also had a list of internet resources.

If there are others you'd like me to include in this post. Please comment with the resource name and your favorite things about the site. Thanks!




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